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Vinony

statistic

noun

  1. single measure of some attribute of a sample
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/

adj

Etymology: Back-formation from statistics.

  1. Alternative form of statistical.

noun

Etymology: Back-formation from statistics.

  1. A single item in a statistical study.
  2. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
  3. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

    “By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.”

verb

Etymology: Back-formation from statistics.

  1. To analyze or describe using statistics.

    “This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.”

    “When you get us all neatly docketed and statisticked, where will you put me?”

  2. To cite or calculate statistics.

    “When a fellow quits statisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?””

    “I ran into what to me is the most horrible statistic I have ever run into in some thirty-five years of statisticking.”

  3. To comprise (as statistics)

    “The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak which statisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane.”